Try this short quiz to see which political party you side with...
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Heh. Who's surprised? :P
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I made a soup with kale for dinner last night and today:
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Kale is more insidious than I thought. :(
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Oh no. Mama, no!!! :weep:
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Probably because I think the environmental issues are important. Apparently my pro fracking stance didn't count for much next to the "yes global warming is real and we should do something about it"
Libraryatarians 87%
Demoncrats 83%
Commie Greens 72%
Commies 64%
Republitards 51%
So far I'm the most Socialist. But then Ide hasn't posted yet. :P
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It seems by American political standards I'm a bit Quadri-polar.
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:x :x :x
Lol, I am a Green, by American standards anyway.
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No surprise there. My contempt for Libertarianism is well known.
Quote from: Syt on July 02, 2014, 02:41:32 PM
So far I'm the most Socialist. But then Ide hasn't posted yet. :P
98% Green
96% Democrat
77% Socialist
:(
Heh. Valmy is nearly as close to the Democratic party as I am.
Both parties are sexy.
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Still on the loonie left. :yeah:
Quote from: Razgovory on July 02, 2014, 03:02:55 PM
Heh. Valmy is nearly as close to the Democratic party as I am.
Yet clearly from different directions given your hatred of liberty and freedom.
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:mellow:
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I seem to be most close to Cal :hmm:
I think I'm fairly unusual from a Languish standpoint in that I'm a left libertarian. Most libertarians are really libertines, as in "I want to be able to do anything I want, but I don't care if anyone else can do what they want."
Quote from: Caliga on July 02, 2014, 03:44:09 PM
I think I'm fairly unusual from a Languish standpoint in that I'm a left libertarian. Most libertarians are really libertines, as in "I want to be able to do anything I want, but I don't care if anyone else can do what they want."
We Libertarian Socialists should stick together.
Quote from: Syt on July 02, 2014, 02:41:32 PM
So far I'm the most Socialist. But then Ide hasn't posted yet. :P
Are your Tea Party relatives aware of your Commie leanings?
I want to see Siege and Hans take this quiz.
Euroweenie here.
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Quote from: Valmy on July 02, 2014, 03:47:31 PM
Quote from: Syt on July 02, 2014, 02:41:32 PM
So far I'm the most Socialist. But then Ide hasn't posted yet. :P
Are your Tea Party relatives aware of your Commie leanings?
Well, my oldest sister would probably fail the Tea Party litmus test if push came to shove, because she's supporting gay rights and same sex marriage. :P
I think my voting for a mandatory single payer healthcare system (and giving it somewhat more weight) might have upped my socialism scores a fair bit, tbh.
According to the test "I side with Libertarians and Republicans on most economic issues", so maybe I am not really a typical leftie after all. I guess I am very much in favor of environmental protection and progressive social policies.
Quote from: Syt on July 02, 2014, 03:52:47 PM
Well, my oldest sister would probably fail the Tea Party litmus test if push came to shove, because she's supporting gay rights and same sex marriage. :P
Tea Party movements don't tend to focus on social issues like that, so her views would mostly be a non-issue.
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The interesting thing about my results was that they apparently place me almost as close to a centrist position in politics as you can get (I was just a little itty itty bit to the right of the centre on the graph.)
That actually surprised me a little.
Quote from: Zanza on July 02, 2014, 03:51:47 PM
Euroweenie here.
Me, too! :hug:
I really need out of the US. :weep:
Sweden's full.
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Some may be surprised.
Quote from: merithyn on July 02, 2014, 04:04:42 PM
Me, too! :hug:
I really need out of the US. :weep:
What? And let Spicey win?
Quote from: Valmy on July 02, 2014, 04:11:52 PM
Quote from: merithyn on July 02, 2014, 04:04:42 PM
Me, too! :hug:
I really need out of the US. :weep:
What? And let Spicey win?
I already outvote her :menace:
Quote from: Valmy on July 02, 2014, 04:11:52 PM
Quote from: merithyn on July 02, 2014, 04:04:42 PM
Me, too! :hug:
I really need out of the US. :weep:
What? And let Spicey win?
*shrugs*
They've already won, and I'm kind of tired of fighting.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on July 02, 2014, 04:21:39 PM
Quote from: derspiess on July 02, 2014, 04:13:47 PM
Quote from: Valmy on July 02, 2014, 04:11:52 PM
Quote from: merithyn on July 02, 2014, 04:04:42 PM
Me, too! :hug:
I really need out of the US. :weep:
What? And let Spicey win?
I already outvote her :menace:
But she has outbred you so far.
And they all lean left, too. :sleep:
And I brought in a foreigner to vote on my side, as well. :)
Quote from: merithyn on July 02, 2014, 04:18:31 PM
*shrugs*
They've already won, and I'm kind of tired of fighting.
How do you figure? The Hobby Lobby ruling was decisive blow?
Quote from: Valmy on July 02, 2014, 04:22:31 PM
Quote from: merithyn on July 02, 2014, 04:18:31 PM
*shrugs*
They've already won, and I'm kind of tired of fighting.
How do you figure? The Hobby Lobby ruling was decisive blow?
Yeah on the flipside, it just keeps getting better for gays. :yeah:
Quote from: Valmy on July 02, 2014, 04:22:31 PM
Quote from: merithyn on July 02, 2014, 04:18:31 PM
*shrugs*
They've already won, and I'm kind of tired of fighting.
How do you figure? The Hobby Lobby ruling was decisive blow?
No, more like the straw. I expect the next election to provide a very strong showing for social conservatives, and women and minorities (especially gays) to be pushed back considerably.
Quote from: merithyn on July 02, 2014, 04:24:15 PM
No, more like the straw. I expect the next election to provide a very strong showing for social conservatives, and women and minorities (especially gays) to be pushed back considerably.
We'll see.
Quote from: merithyn on July 02, 2014, 04:22:04 PM
And they all lean left, too. :sleep:
For now they do :churchillquote:
QuoteAnd I brought in a foreigner to vote on my side, as well. :)
Just one? Amateur :P
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Max is Canadian to the core.
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:wub: :wub: :wub:
Meri should come North.
Quote from: derspiess on July 02, 2014, 04:28:55 PM
For now they do :churchillquote:
:lol:
My kids are more liberal than I am, if that tells you anything. I can't imagine any of them ever voting Republican.
QuoteJust one? Amateur :P
Counters yours, so I'm happy. Of course, mine votes for himself rather than as I tell him, so there's a chance that he'll go rogue, but since he's probably a bit more liberal than I am, too, I don't see that happening. ;)
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 02, 2014, 04:35:14 PM
Meri should come North.
:yes:
Find me an affordable 150-acre farm in BC, Crazy Canuck, and I'll have a leg to stand on. :P
The Land of Lincoln will never let her go. It has a grip that no Emancipation Proclamation can break.
Quote from: merithyn on July 02, 2014, 04:37:05 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 02, 2014, 04:35:14 PM
Meri should come North.
:yes:
Find me an affordable 150-acre farm in BC, Crazy Canuck, and I'll have a leg to stand on. :P
If you want an affordable farm you should be talking to your in-laws... :shifty:
Quote from: merithyn on July 02, 2014, 04:37:05 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 02, 2014, 04:35:14 PM
Meri should come North.
:yes:
Find me an affordable 150-acre farm in BC, Crazy Canuck, and I'll have a leg to stand on. :P
There is plenty of that in central BC. Generational shifts are occuring and less of the next generation want to farm than the one before it.
So what are your results, Beeb? :)
Quote from: derspiess on July 02, 2014, 04:50:48 PM
So what are your results, Beeb? :)
85% Republican was highest, forgot the rest.
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Uh okay then
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Just like HR to try to agree with everybody. :P
Quote from: Barrister on July 02, 2014, 04:55:52 PM
Quote from: derspiess on July 02, 2014, 04:50:48 PM
So what are your results, Beeb? :)
85% Republican was highest, forgot the rest.
I think it was
Canadian 100%
Rebel Scum 0%
Republican: 88%
Libertarian: 71%
Democrats: 51%
Green: 36%
Socialist: 13% :punk:
Monster!
I wonder what questions are putting you guys so far on the loony right
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 02, 2014, 05:19:21 PM
I wonder what questions are putting you guys so far on the loony right
Foreign policy probably. Although it may be something more surprising.
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Republican: 93%
Libertarian: 75%
Democrat: 7%
Green Party: 1%
Socialist: 1%
I suppose that it's no surprise that my scores match those of Derspiess more than those of anyone else here. Nor am I surprised that he is even slightly more Republican than I am, though am I a bit surprised that he also scores as more Libertarian.
National Socialist: 90%
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 02, 2014, 06:14:28 PM
National Socialist: 90%
What happened to the other 10%?
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Where's Neil, and what have you done with him? :ph34r:
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Quote from: Caliga on July 02, 2014, 03:44:09 PM
I think I'm fairly unusual from a Languish standpoint in that I'm a left libertarian. Most libertarians are really libertines, as in "I want to be able to do anything I want, but I don't care if anyone else can do what they want."
A lot of people confuse liberty with license.
Katmai disgusts me
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Quote from: Syt on July 02, 2014, 02:41:32 PM
So far I'm the most Socialist. But then Ide hasn't posted yet. :P
I was:
84% Dem
75% Green
71% Amsoc
53% Republican
10% Libertarian
I didn't find a lot of the stock questions to accurately represent my views and was unsure how the "add your own view" feature worked. There was no option to execute banking criminals, for example, nor my actual immigration views, which are "citizenship for everyone here, treat all subsequent unlawful visitors as combatants," so I had to keep choosing the "deport everyone, including third-generation immigrants" Nazi options. And there wasn't a single instance of the word "nationalize" anywhere. And no questions about student loans at all.
Quote from: AgelForeign policy probably. Although it may be something more surprising.
Foreign policy and immigration definitely moved me to the right, even though my views are technically hard left, only without all the touchy-feely surface crap.
So hard left but you don't actually care about how people feel? :lol:
Recognizing that utility maximization sometimes means being harsh and domineering.
Is there an end goal to this utility maximization if it isn't happiness?
Utility maximization for the people in aggregate does not necessarily mean utility maximization for every individual. In fact, given human nature, such seems very unlikely, and is probably impossible.
And being soft-hearted and empathetic doesn't ultimately impact aggregate utility that much. If we started executing child molesters, rapists, and murderers, I expect the 50 million or so crybabies aghast at the slaughter due to their inability to perform rudimentary moral calculus could and would nonetheless go on to live as happily as they would have otherwise. The impact upon their existence is almost negligible (and probably positive, though they may wish not to admit it). Meanwhile, the overlapping set of (say) 50 million possible victims over the next decade--their victimizers deterred by the starkness of the punishment and near-certainty of detection thanks to my awesome regime--get a lot more utility out of life.
It's arguable even the potential victimizers' utility is increased, since the alternative is execution; but we may permit an accounting that records their utility from being unable to rape and murder as minimally decreased. The world will no doubt keep turning.
And, of course, those dead people's utility is null, thanks both to removing themselves from the calculation by their actions, and by virtue of being non-existent. Null from any number, of course, equals that selfsame number.
Of course, there is a certain hard-heartedness to this.
But I'm not sure it's true that you would raise the level of happiness in aggregate.
Me personally? I'd be the best dictator the 20th century's ever seen.
Quote from: Norgy on July 02, 2014, 06:37:25 PM
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Where's Neil, and what have you done with him? :ph34r:
I think it's shocking how far the Republicans have fallen. I came out heavily in favour of the drone-based assassination of terrorists, against gay marriage and making welfare people work. I guess gun control, believing in climate change, public health care and gutting the USAF counted for more.
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Quote from: derspiess on July 02, 2014, 07:19:19 PM
Quote from: Barrister on July 02, 2014, 04:55:52 PM
Quote from: derspiess on July 02, 2014, 04:50:48 PM
So what are your results, Beeb? :)
85% Republican was highest, forgot the rest.
Good enough :)
Just for you, I re-took the test, and answered every additional question asked:
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Not surprised in the least I wound up republican, but surprised how low every other party wound up.
Some of the "Other" options amused me:
QuoteShould able-bodied, mentally capable adults who receive welfare be required to work?
QuoteNo, "workfare" is a form of slave labor
The Civilian Conservation Corps; America's darkest chapter. :(
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Though I think my environmental stance is pretty moderate and "well duh".
Wonder why the socialists don't like me
to get over 90% score for any of the parties or below 20% for any other party you specifically need to know what the party polices are and pic accordingly. Its the americans which are gettting super high and super low scores for the parties. Europens are scoring much more balanced scores, this might be due to us yooroos not understanding what the myRA is or other stuff.
myRA?
95% Dem (meh)
82% Green
77% Socialist
43% Libertarian
10% GOP
Apparently I side with both the GOP and the Greens on enviromental issues.
Quote from: Ideologue on July 02, 2014, 07:41:56 PM
Foreign policy and immigration definitely moved me to the right, even though my views are technically hard left, only without all the touchy-feely surface crap.
Quote... my actual immigration views, which are "citizenship for everyone here, treat all subsequent unlawful visitors as combatants," so I had to keep choosing the "deport everyone, including third-generation immigrants" Nazi options.
That is
not a hard-left opinion. That is some sort of bastard child of the head-left and hard-right.
Here's a test from the Pew Research Center which has typology rather than party results: http://www.people-press.org/quiz/political-typology/ (http://www.people-press.org/quiz/political-typology/)
My type is responsible for the Armenian Genocide:
QuoteYour best fit is...
Young Outsider
This relatively young, largely independent group holds a mix of conservative and liberal views. And while more lean toward the Republican Party than the Democratic Party, Young Outsiders generally express unfavorable opinions of both major parties. They are largely skeptical of activist government, as a substantial majority views government as wasteful and inefficient. Yet many diverge from the two conservative typology groups – Steadfast Conservatives and Business Conservatives – in their strong support for the environment and many liberal social policies.
The name amuses me in that I'm neither young nor alienated. :)
I am next generation left it seems. I keep becoming more of a Commie as I get older. I blame Languish.
QuoteGenerally young, well-educated and financially comfortable, the Next Generation Left have very liberal attitudes on many issues, including homosexuality, abortion, the environment and foreign policy. While overall supportive of an activist government, most are wary of expanding the social safety net. Most also have relatively positive views of Wall Street's impact on the economy. While most affiliate with the Democratic Party or lean Democratic, few consider themselves strong Democrats
It is the homo-loving and isolationist stuff isn't it?
Of course I am not really that young, well-educated, or financially comfortable <_<
I got Next Gen Left also.
Apparently if I was a US citizen I'd be a
Business Conservative. Seems fair I guess.
Quotegenerally are traditional small-government Republicans. Overwhelming percentages think that government is almost always wasteful and it does too much better left to businesses and individuals. Business Conservatives differ from Steadfast Conservatives in their positive attitudes toward business and in their strong support for Wall Street in particular. Most think that immigrants strengthen the country and take a positive view of U.S. global involvement. As a group, they are less socially conservative than Steadfast Conservatives.
Quote from: Valmy on July 03, 2014, 09:55:24 AM
Of course I am not really that young, well-educated, or financially comfortable <_<
Valmy: the man who would be limousine liberal. :bowler:
I demand the government provide me with the limo I am entitled to :mad:
I got...
Solid LiberalQuote
Generally affluent and highly educated, most Solid Liberals strongly support the social safety net and take very liberal positions on virtually all issues. Most say they always vote Democratic and are unflagging supporters of Barack Obama. Overall, Solid Liberals are very optimistic about the nation's future and are the most likely to say that America's success is linked to its ability to change, rather than its reliance on long-standing principles. On foreign policy, Solid Liberals overwhelmingly believe that good diplomacy – rather than military strength – is the best way to ensure peace.
However, 80% of the questions I would've answered "neither". I picked up the liberal option most of the time basically because I agreed on principle, but not in the absolute terms posited.
I'm also next gen left. But yeah, celedhring, I agree that in most cases I would not have picked either option given. Both were often so far away that there wasn't really one that was closest in a meaningful sense.
edit: looking at the infographics, I'm on the right most side of next gen left, so more conservative than liberal.
Business Conservative
Quote from: Valmy on July 03, 2014, 09:55:24 AM
It is the homo-loving and isolationist stuff isn't it?
I don't know. I was homo-loving and interventionist.
Quote from: celedhring on July 03, 2014, 11:07:41 AM
I got... Solid Liberal
Quote
Generally affluent and highly educated, most Solid Liberals strongly support the social safety net and take very liberal positions on virtually all issues. Most say they always vote Democratic and are unflagging supporters of Barack Obama. Overall, Solid Liberals are very optimistic about the nation's future and are the most likely to say that America's success is linked to its ability to change, rather than its reliance on long-standing principles. On foreign policy, Solid Liberals overwhelmingly believe that good diplomacy – rather than military strength – is the best way to ensure peace.
However, 80% of the questions I would've answered "neither". I picked up the liberal option most of the time basically because I agreed on principle, but not in the absolute terms posited.
Same on all points.
Quote from: Viking on July 03, 2014, 08:02:09 AM
to get over 90% score for any of the parties or below 20% for any other party you specifically need to know what the party polices are and pic accordingly. Its the americans which are gettting super high and super low scores for the parties. Europens are scoring much more balanced scores, this might be due to us yooroos not understanding what the myRA is or other stuff.
Not at all. I answered as honestly as possible. Of course I made quite a few custom options which probably pushed me to the left.
Got next gen left in the other quiz. God I hate binary choices.
Quote from: Viking on July 03, 2014, 08:02:09 AM
to get over 90% score for any of the parties or below 20% for any other party you specifically need to know what the party polices are and pic accordingly. Its the americans which are gettting super high and super low scores for the parties. Europens are scoring much more balanced scores, this might be due to us yooroos not understanding what the myRA is or other stuff.
Naw, I have no idea what specific policies US parties have. I just answered the questions as if they applied to Canadian politics. Given how the policies on which all our parties agree differ so greatly from American political parties it is not surprising I would end up so clearly on the left of the American spectrum.
Quote from: Maximus on July 03, 2014, 12:39:35 PM
Got next gen left in the other quiz. God I hate binary choices.
I agree. There are degrees and shades of grey. Unsurprisingly, I ended up as a Solid Liberal, whatever that is.
Quote
Your best fit is...
Faith and Family Left
along with 15% of the public.
The Faith and Family Left combine strong support for activist government with conservative attitudes on many social issues. They are very racially diverse – this is the only typology group that is "majority-minority." The Faith and Family Left generally favor increased government aid for the poor even if it adds to the deficit and believe that government should do more to solve national problems. Most oppose same-sex marriage and legalizing marijuana and most say religion and family are at the center of their lives. Compare groups on key issues.
Well, except for the faith part.
Quote from: celedhring on July 03, 2014, 11:07:41 AM
I got... Solid Liberal
However, 80% of the questions I would've answered "neither". I picked up the liberal option most of the time basically because I agreed on principle, but not in the absolute terms posited.
Same, and agreed.
Quote from: Savonarola on July 03, 2014, 09:48:08 AM
Here's a test from the Pew Research Center which has typology rather than party results: http://www.people-press.org/quiz/political-typology/ (http://www.people-press.org/quiz/political-typology/)
My type is responsible for the Armenian Genocide:
QuoteYour best fit is...
Young Outsider
This relatively young, largely independent group holds a mix of conservative and liberal views. And while more lean toward the Republican Party than the Democratic Party, Young Outsiders generally express unfavorable opinions of both major parties. They are largely skeptical of activist government, as a substantial majority views government as wasteful and inefficient. Yet many diverge from the two conservative typology groups – Steadfast Conservatives and Business Conservatives – in their strong support for the environment and many liberal social policies.
The name amuses me in that I'm neither young nor alienated. :)
The test is never wrong: I'm a Solid Liberal, which means I'm well-educated and affluent. :)
Quote from: Syt on July 03, 2014, 01:18:34 PM
Quote from: celedhring on July 03, 2014, 11:07:41 AM
I got... Solid Liberal
However, 80% of the questions I would've answered "neither". I picked up the liberal option most of the time basically because I agreed on principle, but not in the absolute terms posited.
Same, and agreed.
I wasn't that fased, since there was usually one position that I was closer to than the other.
I started up on the Pew thingy. I got to Q4, the one about overwhelming military force and decided the choices were too silly to continue.
Yeah the questions are typically like:
1. Government should dominate society with the centralized control akin to a Soviet Central Committee.
2. Government has zero role to play in society Anarchy4EVA!!
and you have to decide which position you marginally lean towards.
Quote from: Valmy on July 03, 2014, 01:59:23 PM
Yeah the questions are typically like:
1. Government should dominate society with the centralized control akin to a Soviet Central Committee.
2. Government has zero role to play in society Anarchy4EVA!!
and you have to decide which position you marginally lean towards.
I dunno. I feel your test would be pretty accurate.
Steadfast Conservative.
Solid Liberal in the Political Typology Quiz.
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The Greens killed Jesus.
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All this poll was designed to support the Dems.
Almost all my answers had to be "No" because of the stupid questions.
Quote from: Siege on July 03, 2014, 02:42:49 PM
All this poll was designed to support the Dems.
Almost all my answers had to be "No" because of the stupid questions.
If that is true then I feel less embarrassed about scoring so Demoncrat.
Quote from: Neil on July 03, 2014, 01:07:59 PM
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Your best fit is...
Faith and Family Left
along with 15% of the public.
The Faith and Family Left combine strong support for activist government with conservative attitudes on many social issues. They are very racially diverse – this is the only typology group that is "majority-minority." The Faith and Family Left generally favor increased government aid for the poor even if it adds to the deficit and believe that government should do more to solve national problems. Most oppose same-sex marriage and legalizing marijuana and most say religion and family are at the center of their lives. Compare groups on key issues.
Well, except for the faith part.
No mention of big steel battleships, though.
Quote from: Valmy on July 03, 2014, 02:43:49 PM
Quote from: Siege on July 03, 2014, 02:42:49 PM
All this poll was designed to support the Dems.
Almost all my answers had to be "No" because of the stupid questions.
If that is true then I feel less embarrassed about scoring so Demoncrat.
I thought it was spelled dumbocrat. :unsure:
Quote from: Barrister on July 03, 2014, 03:07:32 PM
I thought it was spelled dumbocrat. :unsure:
That does not quite capture the sheer evil and malignant nature of the Demoncrat party.
Canadians say the darnedest things.
Quote from: Barrister on July 03, 2014, 03:07:32 PM
I thought it was spelled dumbocrat. :unsure:
Dumbo is an elephant, thus a Republican.
Heh, I read this as "Political Quiz - Where do you fail?", which would actually make a better quiz. ;)
Quote from: garbon on July 03, 2014, 03:08:56 PM
Canadians say the darnedest things.
Canadians? Or "Canadians"?
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Quote from: celedhring on July 03, 2014, 02:58:00 PM
Quote from: Neil on July 03, 2014, 01:07:59 PM
Quote
Your best fit is...
Faith and Family Left
along with 15% of the public.
The Faith and Family Left combine strong support for activist government with conservative attitudes on many social issues. They are very racially diverse – this is the only typology group that is "majority-minority." The Faith and Family Left generally favor increased government aid for the poor even if it adds to the deficit and believe that government should do more to solve national problems. Most oppose same-sex marriage and legalizing marijuana and most say religion and family are at the center of their lives. Compare groups on key issues.
Well, except for the faith part.
No mention of big steel battleships, though.
That was included in my answer about using military force against terror and being active internationally. Obviously an important part of that would be to build more dreadnoughts and to eliminate the Air Force.
Quote from: Valmy on July 03, 2014, 01:59:23 PM
Yeah the questions are typically like:
1. Government should dominate society with the centralized control akin to a Soviet Central Committee.
2. Government has zero role to play in society Anarchy4EVA!!
and you have to decide which position you marginally lean towards.
I didn't much like the start, stupid polarity of the questions, either, but I did finish the test and got business conservative.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 03, 2014, 01:57:09 PM
I started up on the Pew thingy. I got to Q4, the one about overwhelming military force and decided the choices were too silly to continue.
I'm pretty sure you know your result, "Business Conservative," without taking the quiz.
Quote from: Ideologue on July 03, 2014, 01:33:32 PM
The test is never wrong: I'm a Solid Liberal, which means I'm well-educated and affluent. :)
Unfortunately "Lumpen Proletariat" wasn't a possible outcome. ;)
Quote from: Valmy on July 03, 2014, 01:59:23 PM
Yeah the questions are typically like:
1. Government should dominate society with the centralized control akin to a Soviet Central Committee.
2. Government has zero role to play in society Anarchy4EVA!!
and you have to decide which position you marginally lean towards.
Based on the results posted here, the test looks fairly accurate to me (certainly more than the last one as I am never voting Green.) I find Pew's thesis on analysis of political outlook based on a "Type" and the types they describe interesting. I think it accurately identifies the split in the Republican party as well as helps explains many of the Democrats I've met who agree with none of the Democrats social agenda.